Bee Keeping and Honey Production

Beekeeping is an art, business and science of rearing bees for the production of honey, beeswax and propolis.

​Reasons for Bee Keeping and honey production

​Household nutrition​

• For medicinal purposes.

• For production of bees wax and propolis which has many uses that contribute to household income generation

• For ecological reasons.​

Economic contribution of bee keeping​

• Honey is an income earner (small-scale or commercial)

• By products of beeswax (beeswax and propolis) have several uses that generate income,

• The required tools for beekeeping hives, smokers, honey containers stimulate production from local craftsmen creating local level employment

Nutritional and Medicinal Uses​

• Honey is a nutritious delicacy that can be consumed in different forms i.e. direct on the comb, in extracted liquid form or as an additive in other food forms.

• It is used as a simple household remedy for different ailments like colds, coughs, asthma attacks and constipation. Many home remedies include honey.

• It is a base for many pharmaceutical products like cough mixtures

• For local craftsmen honey production creates local level employment

​Ecological Importance of bees

​Bees play an important role in the pollination of many flowering plants and crops. This promotes re-growth of numerous plants protecting against environmental degradation.

Beekeeping promotes forest conservation because the practice is only sustainable in the presence of well conserved forest that provide bee forage